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Special Counsel Charges FBI Source With Biden Bribery Lies
- Informant was accused of fabricating $5 million bribe story
- Charges were filed by David Weiss, who is probing Hunter Biden
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A Justice Department special counsel tasked with investigating Hunter Biden has charged a Los Angeles man with lying to the FBI about Biden and his father’s connection to Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings.
Alexander Smirnov, a longtime confidential informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was charged in an indictment made public on Thursday and signed by US Special Counsel David Weiss.